What are Management Development and its important aspects around? Characteristics, functions, uses types and methods of Management Development like On-the-job and Off-the-job development methods. Management development is the way by which it can help to the managers in the better decision-making issues of the organization.

1. Management Development
- Harish Chand
(012BIM015)

2. Continuing Education
• New knowledge is being created at a very fast rate. Employees need
continual updating of knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Continuing education involves a programme of lifelong educational
activities to maintain and develop competence in terms of knowledge,
skills, abilities and potential for growth.

3. Types of Continual Education Activities
• Structured:
a. Attending: Attendance in conferences, seminars, conventions, symposiums and
workshops.
b. Presenting: Presentation of papers and delivery of lectures at seminars or
conferences. Participation in panel discussions.
c. Serving: Serving as member of study group, working group, committees, and
work teams.
d. Publishing: Publishing articles for journals and newspapers, publishing books.

4. • Unstructured:
a. e-Learning: Internet and web-based learning.
b. Self-learning: Learning from programmed courses.
c. Pursuing: Pursuing higher educational degree through open
university.
d. Others: Other activities that increase the competency of employees.

5. Management Development (Concept)
• Management development is a systematic process of improving managerial
performance.
• It prepares managers to handle present and future responsibilities.
• It develops managerial potential.
• Management development is given to managerial employees who supervise the
activities of others.

6. Contd…
• It develops managerial potential by increasing conceptual,
interpersonal, and decision making skills.
• It develops managerial capability to manage effectively.
• Management development is future oriented.
• Its target are managers.

7. According to DeCenzo and Robbins:
“Management development is future-oriented training, focusing on
personal growth of the employee.”

8. Objectives
• Increase managerial capabilities
• Enhance managerial potential
• Foster team work
• Facilitate environmental adaptation
• Improve managerial decision making
• Facilitate managerial succession
• Improve managerial job satisfaction

9. Methods of Management Development
• On-the-job Methods: They consists of:
- Coaching
- Understudy
- Job Rotation
- Planned work assignments
- Internship

10. • Off-the-job Methods: They consist of:
- Lecture/Seminar/Education
- Simulation exercises: Case study, Role play, Decision games
- Behavior Modeling
- Sensitivity Training
- Transactional Analysis

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